Updated Winter Storm Warning for the Tulsa area, in effect until 4AM on Saturday

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
657 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2011

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BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
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657 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2011

…WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SATURDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF
THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST
SATURDAY…

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…OKMULGEE…WAGONER…TULSA…
   ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…OTTAWA…CRAIG…PITTSBURG…
   SEQUOYAH…MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE…LE FLORE…LATIMER AND HASKELL.
   IN ARKANSAS…WASHINGTON…MADISON…CRAWFORD…BENTON…
   SEBASTIAN…CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN
   OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING…AND WILL
   SLOWLY END FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE EVENING INTO THE EARLY
   MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY.

* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE
   ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA…INCLUDING THE TULSA METROPOLITAN
   AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS.

IMPACTS…
* COUNTIES WHERE IT WAS REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE SLICK IN
   SPOTS…IN ARKANSAS…CARROLL…MADISON…CRAWFORD…
   FRANKLIN…AND SEBASTIAN.

   COUNTIES WHERE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADS WERE
   REPORTED…IN OKLAHOMA…WASHINGTON…NOWATA…CRAIG…
   OTTAWA…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…CREEK…
   OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…WAGONER…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…
   MUSKOGEE…MCINTOSH…SEQUOYAH…PITTSBURG…HASKELL…
   LATIMER…AND LE FLORE. IN ARKANSAS…BENTON AND WASHINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* DELAY TRAVEL AND STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

* STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO OR
   TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER
   EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
   WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.

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